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Another term for the area is Guandong ( 关东 / 關東 ; Guāndōng ) meaning " east of the gate ," referring to the gate at Shanhaiguan.

This name was also used by the Japanese to their leased territory of Dalian, as Kwantung Chou, and its Kwantung Army which was later mobilized to set up the puppet state of Manchukuo in Northeast China.